无心插柳柳成荫
wú​xīn​chā​liǔ​liǔ​chéng​yìn

unintentional success

  • created sense approved 无心插柳柳成荫/無心插柳柳成蔭 · wú​xīn​chā​liǔ​liǔ​chéng​yìn · unintentional success — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无心插柳柳成荫 / 無心插柳柳成蔭

    wú​xīn​chā​liǔ​liǔ​chéng​yìn

    unintentional success

    an unintentional action that leads to an unexpected positive result; literally meaning 'planting a willow branch without intent and seeing it grow into a shade tree'

    无心 (literal) → 无心/無心 · wú​xīn · unintentionally 插 (literal) → 插 · chā · to insert 柳 (literal) → 柳 · liǔ · willow 柳 (literal) → 柳 · liǔ · willow 成 (literal) → 成 · chéng · to become 荫 (literal) → 荫/蔭 · yìn · shade

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense